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Review
. 2002 Feb 16;324(7334):410-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7334.410.

Breast cancer

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Breast cancer

Monica Morrow et al. BMJ. .
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Sequence of treatment for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor positive, metastatic breast cancer. Antioestrogens are tamoxifen or torimefene. Non-steroidal aromatase inhibitors are anastrozole and letrozole. When fulvesterant is available for routine clinical use, it will also be a second line treatment

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